Paddock (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 25, 2022:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line Zachariah Paddock descendants (and preferably through his son, Capt. Judah) for NGS/WGS SNP testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Biography
For more information see: Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA part 1 (first four generations) 1999; part 2 (fifth generation of daughter Elizabeth) 2002
First Generation
(Capt.) Judah Paddock was born Yarmouth 15 Sep 1681, son of Zachariah Paddock and Deborah Sears. Judah died there 31 Mar 1770. He married Duxbury 5 Dec 1706 Alice Alden and they had seven children (Yarmouth): Reuben (1707), Judah (1710 unm.), Samuel (1711), Mary (1715), Grace (1716), Rebeca (1718) and Nathaniel (1723/4).
Second Generation
(Capt.) Reuben Paddock[1] was born Yarmouth 27 Dec 1707. There is no further proven record for him, but he was almost certainly the father of Reuben (c1746). There is absolutely no evidence to link him to the Reuben Paddock, who married Rebecca Hand and is said to have several children.
Samuel Paddock was born Yarmouth 12 Oct 1711 and died there 27 Jul 1757. He married Yarmouth 2 Dec 1744 Thankful Howes. They had at least: Samuel (1748), Judah (1749) and Mary (1750).
Nathaniel Paddock was born Yarmouth 27 Feb 1723/4 and died Rochester 6 Nov 1758. He married Dartmouth 27 Aug 1747 Eunice Delano and they had five children (Rochester): Alice (1748), Stephen (1750), Grace (1752), Daniel (1754) and Hannah (1756).
Third Generation
Reuben Paddock (II) was born Yarmouth about 1746 and died Holden 21 Nov 1821, aged 75. He married Yarmouth 20 Oct 1768 Hannah Hall and they had seven children (first five bp. Harwich, youngest two b. Holden): Reuben (bp1770), Hepzibah (bp1772), Hannah (bp1777), Nathaniel, ____, Rebecca (1784) and Grace Sears (1787).
Samuel Paddock (II) was born Yarmouth 13 Apr 1746. He married Eunce Cobb, but it is currently unknown whether they had any children.
Judah Paddock was born Yarmouth 9 May 1749 and died Dennis 7 Aug 1825. He married Bethia Gray and they had eight children (born Yarmouth, now Dennis): John (1778), Thankful (1780), Polly (1781), Peregrine (1783), Judah (1790), Clarissa (1792), Bethiah (1795) and Caroline (1799).
Stephen Paddock was born Rochester 25 Jun 1750. Further history currently unknown.
Daniel Paddock was born Rochester 19 Aug 1754. Further history currently unknown.
- ↑ See Williams, Alicia Crane, "A Failed Attempt to Document Claimed Descendants of Reuben4 Paddock of Yarmouth, Massachusetts", Mayflower Descendant 62:92-97.
DNA Results R1b-M269
Previous testing
As of December 29, 2022, Family Tree DNA does not have a Paddock surname DNA Project, but does have 39 kits associated with this surname. WikiTree profile for Jim Beers claims he is a patrilineal descendant of Zachariah Paddock (father of Capt. Judah). Jim states he has taken a Y-DNA 67 marker STR test at Family Tree DNA and FTDNA predicts he falls under R1b-M269.
Additional testing needed
Additional testing is needed to verify and refine the haplogroup of the Paddock family.
External links and References
- Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford (ed. by Alicia Crane Williams), Mayflower Family Through Five Generations, Vol. 16 Alden General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA part 1 (first four generations) 1999; part 2 (fifth generation of daughter Elizabeth) 2002
